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Rats in Rotorua – How to protect our native birds
Comment: It's up to us as individuals to get involved as a collective.

Letters: Gap between rich and poor continues to grow
Today's Letters to the Editor.

Review: 50 & Fabulous a jolly good laugh
As a group of women faces the fact they are about to turn 50 the show provides laughs.

Letters: Saddened that Japan has returned to commercial whaling
Today's Letters to the Editor

Rachel Stewart: Dinosaurs keep hawking past as Godzone's future
COMMENT: A clear vision of agriculture in NZ will not be forthcoming from usual suspects.

Letters: New Zealand not yet geared up for electric cars
Today's Letters to the Editor

Comment: Crown Research Institutes are dragging down our universities
Comment: Something like $750 million goes to CRIs, money universities would cherish.

Comment: Why Shane Jones' Billion Tree scheme will fail
Comment: China takes 75% of our logs, you could say we have all our logs in one basket.

Letters: Grandiose schemes costly for taxpayers
We should get our priorities right before we have such grandiose schemes, a reader says.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: End of Life Choice Bill
Comment: New Zealanders should be given the opportunity to have their voices heard.

Letters: Spare the rod and spoil the child still rings true
A reader gives their view on the debate relating to the anti-smacking legislation.

Opinion: Rotorua Intermediate School's talent shines through
How do you pick the best when they are all winners?

Letters: There are fare more deserving causes than Folau's
Rotorua readers have their say

Comment: Baby uplift saga raises pertinent questions
COMMENT: Change must start at the top in NZ's horrific saga of uplifting newborn babies.

Letters: Hosking is right, lowering speed limit won't help road toll
Rotorua readers have their say

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Celebrating happy occasions important to Māori
Te Arawa koeke ball is a celebration of whānau.

Rachel Stewart: Everyone has a right to tell their truth
COMMENT: It's my absolute right to express an honestly held opinion, even if it offends.

Ngahi Bidois: We have to complete rather than compete
Ngahi Bidois reflects on his Skytower climb he completed for Darcy Hunter Jr.

Letters: Rotorua Lakes Council is investing in infrastructure
Rotorua readers have their say

Graeme Simpson: Magazine a huge contributor to MTB growth
The magazine rode and documented the upward curve of MTB.

Opinion: We need to build up and better support our youth
Teachers, counsellors, coaches, leaders, family and friends all have a part to play.